Senior UAV Prototyping Engineer - Drones & Autonomy

HavocAI Inc.; Northern, San Diego (KY, CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

401k Matching

Unlimited PTO

Equity Package

Work/Home Office Stipend

Global Entry

Parental Leave

Wellness Stipend

Job summary

HavocAI is seeking a Senior Rapid Prototyping Engineer to mature Locust, our advanced unmanned aircraft system, as it moves from prototype to fieldable LRIP for DoD. You will work directly with hardware, turning concepts into functioning prototypes and integrating mechanical and electrical systems for testing and rapid design iterations.

You will design airframes, mounts, brackets, and interfaces; assemble prototypes; integrate propulsion, avionics, sensors, compute hardware, and payloads; and

Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical/Aerospace/Robotics or equivalent engineering experience.
• 3+ years developing physical hardware systems.
• Experience building and testing drones, UAVs, robotics, aircraft, or autonomous systems.
• Strong mechanical CAD skills.
• Significant hands-on experience building electromechanical prototypes.
• Experience with multiple manufacturing and fabrication processes.
• Strong mechanical intuition and ability to troubleshoot real-world hardware problems.
• Comfortable using common shop tools and performing prototype assembly and modification.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly turn concepts and requirements into functional drone prototypes.
• Design and modify airframes, mechanisms, brackets, mounts, enclosures, payload interfaces, and vehicle components.
• Build and assemble prototype unmanned aircraft and subsystems.
• Integrate motors, propulsion systems, batteries, avionics, sensors, compute hardware, communications, equipment, and payloads.
• Create quick-turn CAD designs and engineering drawings.
• Use additive manufacturing, CNC machining, sheet metal, composites, and other fabrication methods to produce prototype parts.
• Perform hands-on fabrication, assembly, rework, and modification of prototype hardware.
• Develop test fixtures and experimental setups.
• Support bench testing, ground testing, environmental testing, and flight testing.
• Diagnose hardware and integration failures across mechanical and electromechanical systems.
• Rapidly redesign components based on test results.

Skills

Mechanical CAD

Electromechanical prototyping

Drone/UAS development

Prototype fabrication

Test & troubleshooting

Hardware integration

Education

BS in Mechanical/Aerospace/Robotics or equivalent

Tools

SolidWorks

CAD/CAM tools

Job description

HavocAI is seeking a Senior Rapid Prototyping Engineer to mature Locust, our advanced unmanned aircraft system, as it moves from prototype to fieldable LRIP for DoD. You will work directly with hardware, turning concepts into functioning prototypes and integrating mechanical and electrical systems for testing and rapid design iterations.

You will design airframes, mounts, brackets, and interfaces; assemble prototypes; integrate propulsion, avionics, sensors, compute hardware, and payloads; and